I spotted Scozzafava later as she was walking to the parking lot, and asked her: ” Assemblywoman, do you believe that the health-care bill should exclude coverage for abortion?” She didn’t reply. I asked her twice more. Silence.

After she got into her car, I went to my car and fired up my laptop to report the evening’s events.

Minutes later a police car drove into the parking lot with its lights flashing. Officer Grolman informed me that she was called because “there was a little bit of an uncomfortable situation” and then took down my name, date of birth, and address.

“Maybe we do things a little differently here, but you know, persistence in that area, you scared the candidate a little bit,” Officer Grolman told me.

Agree or not with Dede Scozzafava’s positions, she should still be afforded a basic level of respect. Asking tough questions is one thing, but acting like John McCormack did tonight shows a complete lack of decency. This self-described reporter repeatedly screamed questions while our candidate was doing what she is supposed to be doing: speaking with voters (remember, those who will decide this election?). And then this “reporter” followed the candidate to her car, continuing to carry on in a manner that would make the National Enquirer blush. That’s the truth, but maybe that doesn’t matter to your readers.

These morons spent the whole summer fighting for the right to pack heat at political events, and then are surprised that when you chase a politician screaming at them to their car, they might call the cops. I’m not surprised McCormack, who apparently was hired by the Weekly Standard to make Goldfarb look smart by comparison, wouldn’t understand that. But for the rest of us, we call that self-preservation and common sense.

Also too bad Scozzafava didn’t warn the wingnut first, in the presence of witnesses (preferably with video rolling), that she felt harassed and would call the cops. He wouldn’t have quit, and she would have been able to tell him he’d been warned. Again, on camera.

Parking lot interviews are for people who are always dodging press attention. Who doesn’t love a good 60 Minutes ambush of face-covering CEOs? But since Scoffaza just left a public discussion with voters, this dick has absolutely no justification.

Not to mention being agressively pro-life puts you in the “linked to terrorism” category.

In retrospect I should have read McCormack’s post before commenting. Turkey and stuffing were served at the Elks Lodge before this confrontation erupted. Scozzafava said some things about Congress. All in all McCormack reported the salient facts before detailing this latest shocking event in the sorry history of the oppression of the conservative press in America.

NY-23 has become quite a fascinating race. I don’t live in the district, but I live in the same media market and it seems that Scozzofava has all but disappeared. The TV and radio ads are a slugfest between Owens and Hoffman. It’s kind of sad, because there was once a time when Dede Scozzofava would have been a very typical, run of the mill New York Republican.

These morons spent the whole summer fighting for the right to pack heat at political events, and then are surprised that when you chase a politician screaming at them to their car, they might call the cops.

Wait a minute (I did not click on the first link). She’s a Republican congressperson? Good lord. They really are eating their own, aren’t they? I don’t blame her one bit for calling the cops, but I agree with Bruce. Next time, she should say loudly and clearly, “If you don’t stop harassing me, I am going to call the police” as a preemptive.

Those of you following RedState and their ilk know what’s going on. They’re trying to purge the GOP of anyone that fails their ideology purity test, and they’ve made the NY-23 race the focus of that effort. The fact that they chose to do it in a Republican district will give them a chance to overstate their significance on a national scale, should they succeed. They can do no better than deliver 27% of the vote, plus the 15% of “independents” that never vote Democratic. They’ll get their butts kicked 60-40 in any race outside their ever dwindling safe zones.

No. She is a State Rep running as the Republican Canidate in a district that ought to be a cakewalk. Except she is too “librul” for the Club for Growth Morans and the Red State political suicide purists. It looks like we may end up with a Democrat, at least to fill out the term for a year.